2017 York Region Shooters season explained

Club:York Region Shooters
Season:2017
Manager:Tony De Thomasis
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Chrtitle:Owner
League:CSL
League Result:Champions
League Topscorer:Evan Beutler
(7 goals)
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Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 York Region Shooters season was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in an away match against Scarborough SC.[1] The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.[2]

Summary

York Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season.[3] Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week.[4] The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division.[5] Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match.[6] In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.[7]

Competitions

Canadian Soccer League

See main article: 2017 Canadian Soccer League season.

League table

First Division

Matches

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of November 10, 2017[8]

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Playing Pos.width=15Nationwidth=110Namewidth=50Appearances width=60Goals
1FWEvan Beutler147
2FWKavin Bryan125
3MFCamaal Reid104
4MFDoryan Botelho93
MFAlton Ellis123
MFTheofanis Sotiris53
7MFHassan Abdulmumini82
MFDarren Chambers72
MFRichard Edwards122
10DFGerard Ladiyou111
Total10434

References

  1. Web site: EXPANSION TEAM VORKUTA SHINES IN CSL OPENER………the weekend wrap-up Canadian Soccer League. Adamson. Stan. canadiansoccerleague.ca. en-US. 2017-11-11.
  2. Web site: YORK REGION WINS CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..FC Ukraine United defeats Burlington for Second Division title Canadian Soccer League. Adamson. Stan. canadiansoccerleague.ca. en-US. 2017-11-11.
  3. Web site: CSL EXPANSION TEAMS VORKUTA AND ROYAL TORONTO GIVE NEW LOOK……End of May kickoff Canadian Soccer League. Adamson. Stan. canadiansoccerleague.ca. en-US. 2017-11-11.
  4. Web site: VORKUTA, SERBIAN EAGLES, BRANTFORD ENJOY FIRST DIVISION WINS……..Weekend wrap-up in the CSL Canadian Soccer League. canadiansoccerleague.ca. en-US. 2017-11-11.
  5. Web site: FC VORKUTA WINS FIRST DIVISION IN INAUGURAL SEASON….Scarborough's Aleksander Stojiljkovic strikes four Canadian Soccer League. Adamson. Stan. canadiansoccerleague.ca. en-US. 2017-11-11.
  6. Web site: SERBIAN EAGLES, VORKUTA, SCARBOROUGH AND YORK REGION ADVANCE ……..weekend games in the CSL playoffs Canadian Soccer League. canadiansoccerleague.ca. en-US. 2017-11-11.
  7. Web site: SHOOTERS vs SCARBOROUGH FOR CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..Burlington vs Ukraine Utd for Division Two title Canadian Soccer League. canadiansoccerleague.ca. en-US. 2017-11-11.
  8. Web site: 2017 First Division Stats Canadian Soccer League. canadiansoccerleague.ca. en-US. 2017-11-02. 2018-09-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180901142258/http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2017-first-division-stats/. dead.